Titanium or steel frame for long-distance brevets?

[Minas Greece]

Hello. I am the owner of aluminium Colnago active with carbon forks. I finish the BPB 2019 with this and happy to ride it. But is coming 1001 miles and LEL.
What is better titanium or steel frame?

 

[Ian H]

Good quality whatever is better than poor quality whatever. The actual material is not all that relevant.

 

[ianrauk]

Listen to Mr Ian..for he speaketh sense.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Definitely. Does it fit? Is it comfy? Can you ride it a long way?

Then you already have your bike.

If not, then you pays your money and makes your choice, but neither material is 'better' per se.

 

[Racing roadkill]

Steel is real, so is rust. Titanium frames need to be welded properly or they can be a nightmare. Aluminium alloy is a good choice, or Carbon. If it has to be steel or Ti, I’d choose Ti, but check the welds carefully if it’s a used purchase.

 

[Racing roadkill]

Of course the advice should be choose the one on which you can hoist the sickest mingers.

 

[lazybloke]

Of course the advice should be choose the one on which you can hoist the sickest mingers.

Will I regret asking for a translation?

 

[roadrash]

Will I regret asking for a translation?

I was thinking the same

 

[Racing roadkill]

Will I regret asking for a translation?

‘Hoisting a sick minger’ means ‘pulling a really good wheelie’ in old talk.

 

[HLaB]

‘Hoisting a sick minger’ means ‘pulling a really good wheelie’ in old talk.

And there was me thinking you had pulled something else https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=minger

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I presume you mean PBP? If you completed PBP on current bike then sounds like it’s be fine for Miglia and LEL.

 

[12boy]

If you look at Jan Heine's bicycle quarterly blog and search for JP Weigle, there is an amazing 9 kg steel bike with lights, fenders and leather saddle. There are aesthetic and practical reasons for steel over Ti but making a very light steel bike is going to be expensive. A light weight Ti frame may cost a lot less but may be a Chinese frame from a vendor about which you know little. Cheap, strong, light. Pick 2.